Leather article.



C. N. SCHULER.

LEATHER ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15, IBIS.

1 18%23 l "3' a v Patented May 9,1916.

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Specification ofLetters Patent. 1

Be it lmown thatI, (lnaimns N. SoHuLrm,

and a resident of; Chicago, countyhof Cook, and State of.

i .5 llli imghave inventedacertain new, useful,

andlinprovec'l Leather Article, ofwhich the "followihgfissa' specification.

My invention relates generally to, an imf'manufacture composed of I l i sha ani mexample, which have hitherto been eonsideredjscrapmaterial, and of little 1. no commercialvalue. I

. I v Another, object ofmy invention is to providelanlarticle of manufacture.forutilizing J Isuchhserap orfjwastmmaterial which can be mad eiwitli (simple mechanism; which can (bemade-by.unskilled:1ab0r; which shall be ofdo wycostyand which shall be of such characterithat itshall serve effectually the purpose for which: it has f nece y article, i 1

. 3 Leather of soft, tough, and pliablenature,

such flaswas first made from the chamois hide, lout which at the presenttime ismade t P from the hides of the Chamois, sheep, and WM vmanyf other animals, is used in vast quantijj tiesinmany,industries and for various purposes: some, very well known purpose; for M which suchleat her is used is" that of a 'wiping, rubbing, or;polishing'elenient. Because ofpits tough, compact, but extremely soft f and pliablechlaracter, it is byfar the best some classes of' work can hardly be dis-T pleased. with. In short," the 'inodern uses of Chamois are, so many. "and varied, and the demand so great, that the cost thereof is wery high, Thcterms chamois, the chamois, etc; jasjjherein used, are to be construed to ,meanqau leathersj of: Chamois-like nature. The Jchainoisj skin; or; hide, like other hides, is'extremelyirregular in shape, and it is customary to cut from the hide regularly I shapedpieces ofyviarious sizes and shapes to fsuitfithe difierent commercial requirements. In theflcutting:of these somewhat regular shapesflfromfl the extremely irregular f hide, many "scrap or waste portions of varying These scrap (por- 6 sizes and shapesremain.

suited for manyclasses-of the-iwork, and for ,they will serve just purposes as theniuch more expensive regu sidered Waste material.

TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

01s, ASSIGNOR :ro PETER VAN SCHAACK & A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

IEATHER ARTICLE.-

PatentedMa-y 9, 1916.

tions. have hitherto had little or'no coniniercial value and have practically been con- I havedevised an for utilizing such waste portions, whereby 'aswell for a great many article of manufacture irregular scrap or lar shapes and sizes. I thus turna prac- .1 tically worthless product into articles of great utility and of large commercial value.

y lnvention conslsts generally in an article of manufacture for accomplishing the. aforementioned objects, as well as other my invention will objectswhich will appear hereinafter, and

be morereadily understood by reference to, the accompanying been hitherto to use a much more "expensive.

merits thereof, and

Figure 1 represents a hide or skin of extremely irregular.

drawings which illustrate preferred er'nbodi wheremchamois leather, the lines of severance beingndioated; Fig. 2 represents anuniber of the scrap or Waste portions resulting from the division of thehide; Fig. 3 represents selected particles of the scrap or Waste materialjarranged in proximate relation; Fig. iwrepresents a tiememberlaFigt is a view similartolFig. 3, but indicating the scrap pieces tied together; Fig. 6 indicates the article of Fig. 5 somewhat bunched or padded and as it is often used in wiping, rubbing, or polishing operations; Fig. 7 illustrates a modified article of manufacture embodying my invention; Fig. 8 illustrates another modified article embodying my invention; Fig; 9 illustrates a further modified article embodying my invention; and

article embodying my invention.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have indicated'in a somewhat general way ahide 2, the outer edge of which it will be noted is From the hide 2, it haslhitherto been customary, for many oom- Fig; 10. illustrates a still further modified niercial purposes, to cut somewhat regularl similar or desired sizes and sized and shaped pieces,

as indicated by the substantially rectangular divisions I have indicated the lines of severance in only a general way, and alo'ngonly one side of the hide, butit will of course be understood thatthe crest of the hide is also out up into shapes. In c'utting the hide into such shapes and sizes it will-be noted that many irregular shaped portions 4, of various sizes and shapesremain. These detached remaining portions w 4, a number of'wh'ich are depicted generally in Fig. 2, have hitherto been considered.

v good price, while these so called scrap or Waste portions sell by the ton for a few dollars a ton. The reason for this'prevailing condition is that hitherto no one, to the best of my wide knowledge on the subject, has found a commercially practicable method of utilizing such pieces for the purpose for which chamois is most valuable, to-wit: as a. wiping, rubbing, or pol-. ishing element. f

I shall now describe in detail the manner in which I have solvedthe problem. I di vide the hide in the usual manner, thereby securing the usual many scrap portions 4.

I then choosefrom the scrap portions the desired ones, preferably, though not necessarily, those which bear some convenient relation' to each other as to size, and arrange thechosen pieces'i-n proximate relation as is indicated, on a somewhat enlarged'scale, in

Fig. 3. After I havethus chosen and arranged the pieces, I secure them together by any suitable means. However, I find it desirable that the means employed should be of such character that while it serves to bind.

the pieces firmly together so that all the pieces of a given group will move as a vunit, nevertheless, the pieces must bb sufliciently free that they can be conveniently bunched orncompacted to form an efiicient, wiping, rubbing, or polishing pad. This very desirable result I find that I can produce by binding the parts together with a tie band (illustrated in Fig. 4 and marked with the numeral 5). I place the tieband 5 upon the proximately arranged "chamois pieces and secure it thereto preferably by sewing as indicated at 6;'in Fig. 5. Operating in this Way the chamois pieces can be quickly assembled and sewed or otherwise secured" together and an article of'manufacture produced at a low total cost which will serve as efliciently for a wiping, polishing, or rubbing pad as the much more expensive single piece article. In using the article which I have thus produced for wiping, polishing,

or rubbing, I find it convenient to gather the pal'tsinto a somewhat compact bunch or pad, as indicated in Fig. 6. This can be quickly and easily donewhii the article is picked" up in the hand for use. band 5 I make of a strong, tough, but relatively soft material, so tha'tthere'is no danger of scratching or injuring the surface op.- erated upon. In use, however, the tiememher is practically surrounded by the chamois pieces-so that it seldomif ever comes into Contact \viththe surface acted upon. Instead of tying the members 4 together by means of a tie hand as indicatedin Figs. 5

.one and then sew the parts together.

The tie and 6, I may arrange the chamois pieces so that each piece overlaps the next ad acen}, have indicated such a construction in Fig. 7 wherein the parts 4 have overlapping parts 6 which are secured to the adjacent pieceby 'means of sewing or stitching 7.

It .will be noted that the articlesof nianufacture thus far described as resulting-from my improved method, assume a general 1ongitudinal extension, but I wish it to be understood that I may arrange the pieces in other forms. For example, I may arrange the pieces so that the resulting article, when tied together, shall be nearly square n shape. I have indicated such a construction in .Fig. 8, wherein 4 indicates the scrap cha nois pieces which in this instance I arrange in a longitudinal row and a transverse row and secure the rows together byinterconnecting longitudinal and transverse tie members 5. r v

I have discoveredthat a single strong tie member serves admirably to hold the pieces together; that it can be quickly applied to the assembled chamois pieces, by unskilled laborers; and that it produces a satisfactory article, the total .cost of which is much lower than that of a single similar sized piece of chamois. I find also that a strong cloth tape or tie member is a very satisfactory element for holding the chamois pieces. to- .gether. I may, however, secure the chamois pieces together by several tie bands which may be ofother or desired material. For example, it is within the'province of my invention to tie the piecestogether by means of scrap leather. I have indicated such a construction in Fig. 9, wherein 4 represents the usual scrap chamois arranged in desired proximate relations in'the manner already described and secured together by a plurality of bands 10 formed of scrap leatherl By this construction the complete article is composed of chamois leather so that there is not ing the surface acted upon. 1

Under certain conditions I find it desir able in securing'the scrap pieces together to both overlap the adjacent pieces and to tie all the parts together by means of a strong tie member. Such a construction is advisable wlienit is desirable to use quite small pieces. I have illustrated such a construe tionin Fig. 10, wherein 4 represents the scrap'chamois pieces, which are so, arranged that portions 14 thereof overlap the pieces next adjacent. On the entire number of pieces forming the article, I secure a tie member 15 by suitable means such as stitching 16. This construction forms a very strongly bound completed article in which even relatively small chamois pieces may be advantageously used.

From the foregoing detailed di-zsci-iption it' is thought that the object pur'poses, and advantages of my invention Will be fully understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, but inasmuch as this disclosureffwill readilysuggest to others modified a articles whereby the substantial objects of I m ,ntionrnay be attainedgl not wish to imited to the specific constructlons here n described except as mav be necessary 10 by express limitations in the hereunto appended claims.

-1claim: i a

1. -An article of manufacture, comprising a plurality of scrap chamois pieces, of substantially the same length arranged in proximate relation and a. relatively narrow slngle strong tie band sewed centrally to and connecting all of the pieces.

2. .1 article of manufacture comprising a pli -'r- 1ty of scrap chamols pieces, ar-

ranged in proximate relation with a portion of each piece overlapping the piece next adjacent, and a single tie band sewed to all of the pieces.

a 3. An article of manufacture comprising a plurality of scrap chamois pieces arranged 

